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Topics: Pep Guardiola, Mikel Arteta, Julen Lopetegui, Enzo Fernandez, Manchester City, Arsenal, Chelsea, West Ham United
John McDougall
Topics: Pep Guardiola, Mikel Arteta, Julen Lopetegui, Enzo Fernandez, Manchester City, Arsenal, Chelsea, West Ham United
Pep Guardiola is not used to losing games throughout his managerial career - but the Manchester City boss has admitted there is only three others he will speak to after a defeat that he feels 'weaker' against.
The Catalan has won numerous league titles in Spain with Barcelona, Germany with Bayern Munich and of course in England with City.
Guardiola has also won the Champions League three times as a manager, twice with Barca and once with City.
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At present, Guardiola's contract at the Etihad Stadium club expires at the end of this current season, and it remains to be seen if he will extend his time with the blue half of Manchester.
In his time as a manager, the 53-year-old has a win percentage of 72.79% and lost only 108 of his 926 matches in the dugout across Barcelona's first and second teams, Bayern and City.
But nobody is perfect and, at City, Guardiola has tasted defeat on 63 occasions, which is still a relatively small number of the 476 games he has been in charge for at the Etihad Stadium.
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And the City boss has revealed there are three current Premier League bosses whom he speaks to after defats, with it perhaps being no surprise the trio are either his compatriots or those he has worked with in the past.
Arsenal's Mikel Arteta and Chelsea's Enzo Maresca have both worked as part of Guardiola's backroom staff at City before moving on to main management roles themselves.
And West Ham United boss Julian Lopetegui is the third named by Guardiola as the ones he speaks to after a loss, as he is friends with the trio away from the pitch.
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When asked by Sky Sports if he catches up with other managers after games, he said: "Sometimes, with my friends of mine, yeah.
"With Mikel, with Julen Lopetegui for example, people who are friends of mine, Enzo Maresca, with Roberto De Zerbi. With managers that do have a relation - we worked together, a connection because life gives us a connection, yeah, I love.
"And I like to do it winning or losing, I'm not that - the other ones I prefer when you win and the other loses. When you lose and I don't know them, I don't want to be disturbed, I don't want to talk to anyone, I want to process the defeat of myself."
He added that he dislikes coaching against certain managers because he feels 'weaker' as a result.